GE is about the future, so decide carefully: PM

JOO CHIAT'S NEW MAN: Veteran MP Charles Chong (right) will be the incoming PAP candidate for Joo Chiat, it was revealed yesterday. Mr Chong got down to business yesterday, cycling through the ward with current MP Chan Soo Sen (centre), who is retiring. While meeting constituents yesterday, Mr Chong ran into a former neighbour, Madam Chan Keng Yee. -- ST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE THE general election is about deciding the long-term future of Singapore and its leadership, so it should be a time for careful and calm reflection, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Sunday. Similarly, he said the People's Action Party (PAP) will also be deliberating carefully which candidates to field and which MPs to retire so that it can fulfil its responsibilities to serve the people. Mr Lee was answering reporters' election-related queries after launching the PAP Community Foundation's (PCF) 25t...